I wanted to
love this book, I really did. But unfortunately, The Sky is Everywhere turned
into a DNF.
I was about
75 pages in and just could not bring myself to really get involved in the story.
So I read some dialogue here and there till the end and I'm glad I did not
spend more time actually reading the whole book because it was really NOT for
me.
- The story
line. I wasn't all that jazzed up at first
but I loved I'll Give You the Sun so much that I had to try it. Sadly, I
remained uninterested.
- The dumb
characters. I seriously do not get how a someone could start making out with
her dead sister's boyfriend. I have a sister and I could never, EVER do that! I
do not care if we were both grieving, it is impossible for me to even imagine
this.
- Weird relationships?
I don't know if the author was trying to make her book special, but the plant
that's suppose to represent Lennie? Random much! And I did not like her relationship
with her grandmother; they used to drink tea together but they don't anymore,
Boo-hoo!
- Joe. First
of all, the name? Joey is perfect, but Joe makes me think of a guy flipping
burger since 1995 in a McDonald lost in the middle of nowhere. I'm sorry, but
this really bugged me. Also, way to be a creep dude! And he was too perfect in
my opinion. Cute, good in music, knows how to have an intelligent conversation…
He was just too mushy for me.
- The scattered
notes and lollipop wrappers. I get the point behind it, but something I can't
quite put finger on made it… no right. This is going to sound stupid, but if
you take the time to put all those pictures together, at least make it look
real! Would it have been so hard to actually write on actual pieces of paper?
And how at the end Joe has gathered almost all of them? As I said: creep!
- The use
of the word "deflowering". I read that part and if it was suppose to be original
or poetic, I don't know but it just made me feel awkward. Who uses words like
that today? No guy I've ever met!
The only
thing I enjoyed in what I read of this book was Lennie's best friend Sarah. She
was a really interesting character. I love how she read books on how to deal
with grief and how she changed her style a lot; I wish I had a best friend like that.
I rarely
DNF a book. In fact, this is the second book I DNF in all of my life but I was bored
and not into it and not interested in finishing it.
I hope you have
for luck than me with this book!
Sophie
